| Other author/creator | Cross, Dolores E., interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Lesure, Jacques, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Dolores E. Cross |
| Portion of title |
Dolores E. Cross |
| Abstract |
College president Dolores Cross was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 29, 1938. She earned her B.S. degree in education from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey in 1963; her M.S. degree from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York; and her Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1971. Cross was a university administrator at several schools, including the University of Minnesota and Chicago State University, where she was the first female president of a four-year public university in Illinois. She resigned to become the first female president of Atlanta's Morris Brown College. Her tenure at the financially troubled institution ended in 2002. Cross was later convicted of misappropriating federal funds, in an effort to keep Morris Brown College open. She also chaired the American Association of Higher Education. She chronicled her life story in her memoir, Breaking Through the Wall: A Marathoner's Story. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Jacques Lesure, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2002 March 19. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2002.017 HistoryMakers |
